nigropunctatus, Halichoeres Seale [A.] 1901:89 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 14357] Agaña, Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): BPBM 142. •Synonym of Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:424 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.